OpenAI's Computer History feature tracks user actions on desktop
OpenAI's new Computer History feature in its macOS app collects data on user clicks and keystrokes to improve the application. The feature is opt-in, with user controls over data collection.
OpenAI has introduced a new feature called Computer History for its ChatGPT desktop application on macOS. This feature records user activity, including clicks and keystrokes, to enhance the application's capabilities.
The data collected forms a timeline that ChatGPT and Codex can reference when responding to user requests. The aim is to learn about user workflows, suggest automations, and potentially complete unfinished tasks, thereby improving the user experience.
Computer History is an opt-in feature, meaning users must actively choose to enable it. The company states that users can exclude specific applications and websites from data collection. Additionally, users have the ability to delete individual entries from their history for greater control over their data.
Ari Weinstein, a Product and Engineering manager at OpenAI, noted that the feature will automatically ignore content from incognito or private browser windows. This measure is intended to safeguard user privacy while the feature is active.